Prep II quiz

Foods that are left at room temperature for more than one hour can become infected with bacteria that can cause food poisoning. To prevent the residents at the nursing home where you work from becoming ill by eating contaminated foods, the dietary department has strict rules about promptly refrigerating leftover foods. While cleaning the kitchen at 7 p.m., you see that you have left several containers of roasted chicken sitting on the counter. Dinner was first served at5:30 p.m. What should you do?

• Serve it for lunch tomorrow

• throw it out

• Put it back in the refrigerator

• Serve it immediately

You are hired to assist a man who is recovering after breaking his tibia and radius in an automobile accident. Where are these bones located?

• leg

• arm

• neck

• stomach

The medical prefix that describes something related to the heart is cardio.Which of the following medications would you administer on doctor’s ordersto a patient who had recent bypass surgery? You may use the Internet or amedical terminology book for assistance?

• Premarin

• Tamoxifen

• Cardizem

• Bactrim

You use 1/2 gallon of cleaning solution every day. If the solution costs $8.50 a gallon, how much will you spend on cleaning solution in 28 working days?

You make $21.50 an hour for 40 hours of work a week. For any work over 40hours a week you receive time and a half (your hourly wage times 1 1/2). If you work 48 hours in one week, how much will you make in overtime?

You make $41,000 a year. If you receive a 4% raise, how much will you make

next year?

You are on the school playground when two boys from your class begin to fight over a toy car. Which of the following actions do you consider to be the best way to handle the situation?

• Direct the boys to stop playing

• Explain the concept of sharing and designate a time when each boy can play with the toy.

• Realize that “boys will be boys” and ignore the fight.

You have 12 students in the three-year-old class where you are an aide. Each one of your students will be going on a class trip to the zoo next week and have brought in $5.75 each for trip expenses. The teacher wants you to keep a record of the money collected. What is the total amount of money you collected for the trip?

You work as a ticket taker at the largest roller coaster in Lumberton Amusement Park. The charge for riding the roller coaster is three tickets per person. The coaster contains 23 rows with three seats each. How many people can ride the roller coaster at a time?

You are stationed as a security guard on the ground floor of a very busy office complex. You see a woman you recognize as an employee in the building get off the elevator and walk toward the exit. Within seconds, she has fallen to the floor and appears to be unconscious. Immediately a crowd gathers around her. Which of the following is your best response?

• Move the crowd back and try to pick the woman up.

• Call for help from another security guard and wait until he gets there.

• Ask the crowd to step back, then quickly assess the situation. Call 911 and alert other security guards if needed. Stay with the woman until help arrives.

• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), using techniques you saw in a TV program.